Special License Plates; establish an "America First" specialty license plate
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles or drivers with proceeds deposited into the...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-86.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special license plates promoting or supporting certain worthy agencies, funds, or nonprofit corporations and qualified motor vehicles or drivers with proceeds deposited into the general fund, so as to establish an "America First" specialty license plate; to provide for conditions for the production of such license plates; to provide for discontinuing the manufacture of such license
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 26, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 6, 2025
House First Readers · Mar 10, 2025
House Second Readers · Mar 11, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 11, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 2, 2025
House Third Readers · Apr 2, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 301 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jan 1, 2026
The numbers
26
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Gooch, SteveKennedy, John F.Robertson, RandyAnavitarte, JasonWalker, III, LarrySummers, CardenHickman, BillyBurns, MaxSetzler, EdPayne, ChuckHatchett, BoTillery, BlakeCowsert, BillHufstetler, ChuckEchols, DrewStill, ShawnHodges, MikeGinn, FrankHarbin, MartyWilliams, RickDolezal, GregBeach, BrandonStrickland, BrianWatson, BenAnderson, LeeMomtahan, Martin
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 33, nay 21, notVoting 0, excused 2
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-04-02 · yea 95, nay 68, notVoting 2, excused 15
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 33, nay 23, notVoting 0, excused 0
ADOPTION OF THE AMENDMENT BY THE SEN FROM THE 14TH AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 24, nay 32, notVoting 0, excused 0
ADOPTION OF AMEND #1A BY SEN FROM THE 14TH TO AMEND #1 BY SEN FROM THE 14THSenate · 2025-03-06 · yea 34, nay 22, notVoting 0, excused 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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